Broom



No. 626,I69. Pa'tanted May 30, |899.

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BHOOM.

(Application led Dec. 31, 189B.)

(No Model.)

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ATTORNEYS,

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SECIFICATION forming' part of Letters lPatent No. 626,169, dated May 30, 1899.

" Application filed December 31,1898. Serial No. 700,789. (No model.)

To all whom/zit ntay concer/t.-

Beit known that I, OSCAR SAMUEL KUL- MAN, of Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Antiseptic Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

The object'of my invention is to provide a broom of the ordinary shape which shall contain within 'itself the elements for destroying germs, moths, andother insects in carpets, and which shall itself be always in an antiseptic o1' disinfected condition, and which shall require no' renewal of eiiiciency, but shall be originallyconstructed in that way as a new article of manufacture, and which shall retain its `efficiency for such purpose until worn out.

To this end it consists in a broom having incorporated with its straws a bag or retainer filled or4 saturated with antiseptic or disinfecting material and bound in the broom in its origin al manufacture and retained in place by thesame wire wrapping and rows of stitching which serve to construct the broom, as hereinafter more fully described with reference to the drawings, in whichi Figure l is a view showing the manner of binding in the broom the bag of antiseptic or disinfecting materials in its original constru ctions. Fig. 2 is a side View of the broom as iinished; Fig. 2, a cross-section of the same on line a a of Fig.'2, and Fig. 3 is a side view.

of a modification.

Referring to Fig. 1, A represents the broomhandle; a, the Wisp of handle-straw-that is,

the bunch of straw th at is first attached to the handle by the iirst wrap of the wire. b b are the shoulder-bunches, and c is the ultimate or outside wrapping of straws. B is the bag, preferably of fabric, which contains the antiseptic or disinfecting material. This bag is incorporated between the handle-straw d and the shoulder-bunches l) b and is retained by the wraps of Wire which retain the shoulderbunches. This bag is perfectly inclosed and covered by the outside wrapping c of straws, so that the broom exteriorly presents the appearance of an ordinary broom without any hard external appendages or receptacles, which latter would not only be unsightly, but would be liable to scratch and mar the furniture.

After the bag of antiseptic material and the straws of the broom have been attached to the handle in the manner described the broom is then put in the press and sewed in the usual way with any number of' rows of stitching-d, as shown in Fig. 2. These rows of stitching pass through the bag and hold it firmly in place at the same time that it secures and permanently fixes the straws of the broom in their flattened shape. The penetration of the bag by these rows of stitching opens up numerous outlets for the antiseptic material, which, together with the meshes of the cloth, allows a gradual exudation of the antiseptic elements within the bag and their descent along and dissemination through the straws of the broom, insuring the thorough deodoriZi-ng and disinfecting of the broom itself and the distribution of a limited but 4 sufiicient quantity of the same along the carpet, which by the repeated acts of sweeping the carpet keeps it clear of the germs, moth,

and insects and maintains the sanitary conditions of the broom itself, which ordinarily is a rich breeding-ground for great colonies ofunsanitary germs.

In carrying out my invention I prefer to incorporate the antiseptic bag interiorly, as described, since this is entirely practical and efiicient and presents exteriorly only the ordinary form of broom; but I may, if desired, incorporate the antiseptic bag exteriorly, as shown in Fig. 3, in which B' is a hollow girdle or belt illed with antiseptic material and surrounding the broom and retained thereon by the rows of stitching d in the manner substantially the same as in the irst-named form.

In all cases, in order to give the greatest efficiency to my invention, I prefer to steep the inner straws d and b of the broom in a solution of antiseptic or disinfecting material as auxiliary to the influence of the bag; but the bag alone is in itself sufliciently practical and effective.

I do not confine myself to any particular antiseptic or disinfecting material, but may use any of those ordinarily used for such purposes. The form in which they are employed, however, is that of a solid, plastic, or semiiiuid consistency.

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would state that I am aware that brooms have been provided heretofore with external receptaeles for Water for lnoistenng the straw and keeping down dust, and that a sponge for such a purpose has been introduced into the straws of the broom and held in place by rods, and that brooms have also been made with a felt pad Within the straws for wiping off dust, and I make no claim to any of these constructions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to Secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A broom having a retainer filled or saturated with antiseptic or disin fectin g material incorporated permanently with the broom, and having external rows of transverse stitching performing1 the double function of securing the straws of the broom in place and also passing through and securing the retainer for disinfecting material substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A broom having a retainer filled or saturated With antiseptic or disinfecting material incorporated permanently with the broom and retained both .by the wire wrappings around the handle and by transverse rows of stitching passing from the outside through the straws of the'broom and also through the disinfectant-retainer substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. Abroom having a retainer filled or saturated with antiseptic or disinfecting material incorporated permanently with the broom and connected to the handle inside of the exterior Wrapping of straw by the initial Wrapping of Wire substantially as and for the purpose described.

OSCAR SAMUEL KULMAN.

Witnesses:

EDWD. W. BYRN, SoLoN C. KEMoN. 

